Alcohol can make people do some pretty tawdry things. But unlike in, say, Australia or France, where booze is marketed pretty liberally (I mean, have you seen the Naked on Roller Skates Sparkling Shiraz?), bottles in the U.S. and Canada have always tended toward the conservative. That's in large part because they have to be approved by federal and local governments, which heavily regulate the sale and distribution of alcohol (the same reason Washington state can ban Four Loko).

As a result, any risqué labels usually hide themselves like backroom gin during Prohibition. A new rum, Roaring Dan's, depicts on the back of its label a lighthouse, some ships, and a one-inch 19th-century hooker. The distillery that makes the rum, Great Lakes, is being historically accurate — its inspiration, pirate and liquor bootlegger Roaring Dan Seavey, reportedly owned a saloon-cum-whorehouse in Milwaukee — and apparently the representation was tepid enough to slip past government censors. For every Roaring Dan's, though, there are many other labels that have gotten the boot. A couple are, indeed, a little titillating and even pretty. And some are just weird. Here, five memorably quashed examples:

Fallout: The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board rejected the label because state law prohibits showing "any person(s) posed in an immodest or sensuous manner." Cycles Gladiator refused to change the label — and began selling "Banned in Alabama" t-shirts.

Fallout: The Liquor Control Board of Ontario — which bumps against Michigan and other northern states — said the skull glamorizes death. Aykroyd reportedly said the ban makes his liquor more appealing.

Fallout: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms didn't approve of the Australian wine's label. The vineyard threw a modest bra on the American labels — but customers can still buy the topless version directly through its website.

Fallout: In 2007, the Maine Bureau of Liquor Enforcement banned Ridgeway from selling Santa's Butt, along with two other bottles featuring topless women. It changed its mind when the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit.

Offending label: Set like a Greek mythology frat-boy scenario, the scene shows a young man engulfed by aroused women and naked cherubs. Below it reads "Why Have Just One!"

Fallout: This time the government didn't crack down, but Reagan Outdoor Advertising and other billboard companies did blackball the controversial Utah-based brewery. Like Cycles Gladiator, Wasatch thrived in the ban, selling Polygamy Porter hoodies and glassware through its site and creating a viral video campaign featuring babes in a hot tub.

Sexy? If you're Mormon.

Where you can get it: All across Utah, but also through a few specialty beer websites like Brewforia.